Around 5 p.m. Friday afternoon, more than 25 protestors had gathered on the corner of 56th st. and Fowler Ave in Temple Terrace. Women in hijabs, children, students and old men carried Palestinian flags, American flags and makeshift signs like one that read “Free Gaza”.

There appeared to be some students, but many were men, women and children of apparent Muslim descent. A few American-flag carriers seemed to be counter protesting, but there was less than a handful in the 95-degree heat.

Passers-by honked horns, but the protest seems largely ineffectual. It can only be a response to the recent incident on the Gaza aid flotilla.